ENGINEER WITH FARMER

Working with farmers is always beneficial because they provide the foundation for our civilization. Creating and managing agricultural infrastructure entails influencing the sustainability and food security of the future. Each barn, greenhouse, and irrigation system we build enables farmers to flourish and increase their productivity and efficiency. Observing how our efforts result in healthier crops, more yields, and a stronger community is a fulfilling journey. 

Let's keep innovating and changing the world, one farm at a time!

As a Construction Management Post Graduate Certificate student, I look forward to expanding my knowledge and connecting the dots between construction and agriculture. I applied for the co-op program, which was a competitive process, and I was accepted. I am seeking a co-op opportunity from May to August 2024 and will return to school from September to December 2024, and I am looking to utilized my specified skill sets to work in agricultural construction within Ontario. 

I also have a bachelor’s degree in agricultural engineering (2021). I have experience organizing and creating integrated farm models, greenhouses, and farm sheds and designing and building irrigation systems for farm use.

I was the President of the Nepal Agricultural Engineering Students Society from 2019 to 2021 and the Coordinator of a technical journal published by the agricultural engineering society “The Agrineer 2019, Vol. 6 in 2019”. I have been the Central Committee member of the Nepalese Society of Agricultural Engineers since 2022.

I have been working in Nepal for two and a half years, planning and developing farm structures. I had to put in much effort to remind farmers and public and private agencies that farming should be done well and that farm sheds should be designed and built using the proper construction techniques, as any farm's landscape development is supposed to be a novel concept in my backcountry.

In Nepal, my two friends and I established Green Eye Engineering Solutions Ltd., a consulting firm dedicated to bridging the gap between engineering and agriculture. We designed a 220-hectare integrated farm model, a fishpond with 2000 fish, a goat shed with 1000 goats, a cowshed with 200 cows, and a swine house with 200 pigs. For 213 hectares, surface irrigation was planned, drip irrigation for 20 hectares, and lift irrigation for 50 hectares. A whole municipality's agricultural planning, including greenhouse zones, irrigation, cold storage layouts, and milk processing facilities, has also been planned for us.

My next challenge was designing a 290-square-meter greenhouse in Jiri, Dolakha, Nepal. The task was difficult since we had to consider how a severe snowfall would impact the project site. We had many difficulties there because it was new to us, so I became interested in learning more about how construction is done during a snowfall. I looked for a place where I could learn more, and the best thing I could have hoped for was to find a construction management course in Canada.